Sevilla

Sevilla

Blueberry plant named ‘Sevilla’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 28, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP21180, the photograph of Sevilla printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21180, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

Abstract

A new and distinct Blueberry cultivar is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program followed by selection. The cultivar flowers and forms fruit at late-season. The attractive large light blue flattened-round berries exhibit an aromatic sweet flavor. It is recommended that the plant be grown in dry climates outside tunnels. The plant commonly requires cross pollination, and displays a generally open-round somewhat sprawling growth habit with attractive foliage that commonly defoliates during the winter. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited.

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1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possesses the following combination of characteristics: (a) flowers and forms fruit at late-season, (b) displays a open-round somewhat sprawling growth habit with attractive foliage that commonly defoliates during the winter, (c) commonly requires cross pollination for good fruit set and quality, (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and (e) forms in abundance attractive large light blue flattened-round berries that exhibit an aromatic sweet flavor; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21180 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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